Description: A middle-aged woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses like a well dressed Carpenter does. His hair is golden and curly. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple red robe with black stripes complete with hood. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This dark-skinned female dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her ears are large.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is a great chef.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 110 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). 1 Disguise kit.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 140 gp. Onyx (30 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, red cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Bhevek was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. Her silver hair is braided into rings. She has brown eyes and a tan hat with a green feather.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars and is in decent physical shape. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. He has blue eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 310 gp.